George W. Bush: “I think it's in the United States interests that Turkey join the European Union.”

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.